In a humiliating defeat, South Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol announced early Wednesday morning that he had agreed to lift the controversial "emergency martial law" he'd declared hours earlier ...

South Korea's parliament, with 190 of its 300 members present, passed a motion early on Wednesday, after the late night address, requiring the martial law declared to be lifted. The speaker of ...

Less than three hours later, parliament voted to lift the declaration ... Following Yoon’s martial law declaration, South Korea’s military proclaimed that parliament and other political ...

Under South Korean law, the president must lift martial law if the ... "I declare martial law to protect the free Republic of Korea from the threat of North Korean communist forces, to eradicate ...

(AP Photo/Lee Jin-man) SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The South Korean government early ... While announcing his plan to lift martial law, Yoon continued to criticize parliament’s attempts to impeach key ...

South Korea is reeling after a whiplash six hours during which the country’s embattled president declared martial law but was forced to lift it amid widespread condemnation, throwing the country ...

The military soon retreated from the compound, and Mr. Yoon convened his cabinet to formally lift the declaration of martial law. As South Korea's allies monitored the political turmoil there on ...

Democratic institutions eventually prevailed in impeaching and removing a president who employed an undemocratic tool.

Lee's unlikely journey from child laborer to human-rights lawyer to governor known for his COVID-19 response reached the top ...

The constitution also requires the president to lift martial law if parliament votes to revoke it, as it did in this case. President Yoon’s move has reignited debates about South Korea’s ...

South Korea Martial Law Put Lee Jae-Myung Back on Track for Presidency By Josh Smith SEOUL (Reuters) -Lee Jae-myung, the liberal South Korean politician favoured to become the country's next ...